The Alt-Left is a Myth Created by Neo-Nazis

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  1. Lesh

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    Again with this? It was uttered ONCE in a speech before 50 people by that guy. When asked about it HE didn't even remember it.

    Richard Spencer however claims it as his own and more importantly ADOPTED it for his white nationalist organization

    So...let's dispense with that garbage


    K?
     
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    Yeah, free speech, so passe.
     
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    No. He didn't.
    You're reading that into his comments.

    It is obvious that he was making a slippery-slope argument.
     
  4. Texas Republican

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    The alt left is a collection of groups: anarchists, socialists, real communists (yes, they exist), radical environmentalists, angry college students in search of a cause, Hollywood, etc.

    To belong, you only need a deep hatred of America.
     
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    Yep. I was wrong about one thing. It was the mayor who was the Sanctuary City advocate. Democrats need to load up as many Blue States as possible with criminal aliens since they count toward districting and, therefore, electoral college votes. The Census is around the corner.
     
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    So if you are angry about the current state of America you harbor a deep hatred of America. Is that the way you described the Tea Party?
     
  7. Lesh

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    You don't "belong" to something that doesn't exist except in the minds of the right wing fever swamp
     
  8. Lesh

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    You were wrong on everything
     
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    So you agree that the so-called "alt-left" is a strawman for needy fools to blame?
     
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    CBS news
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    The Tea Party was about the size of government and the debt it caused. Socialists = Communists don't have anything in common with the US as founded.
     
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    The Tea Partiers love America. They're probably the most patriotic Americans, the people most likely to fly an American flag at their home. But they believe government has grown too big and they want it reduced in size and scope.

    They don't want America torn down, scrapped, and rebuilt based on the works of Karl Marx.
     
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    This is obviously a biased opinion.

    If you demand consistency, you take away the people's right to virtue-signal.
     
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    You can deny their existence, but (regrettably) the alt left is out there. They were at Cal-Berkeley earlier this year. In fact, the chancellor at Cal-Berkeley just installed an $8,000 escape hatch in his office out of fear the alt-left would occupy his office.
     
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    both sides are opposed to violence in name only, but do a good job radicalizing individuals in their bases into violence.

    it is a man made civil war of ideas to distract the people from the greed of the rich, also seen in the middle east.

    the first civil war was fought for the rich as all wars are, and the next civil war will be fought for them as well.
     
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    Such a tired, and inane tactic ... Are the rioters arrested, and facing felony charges in DC alt-left strawmen, or just ordinary democrats? All the other rioters either in custody, or awaiting trial? Strawmen? Sorry, democrats can't divest themselves of the extremist fringes they are FUNDING. The GOP is stuck wearing the stains of the extremists they denounce, and DO NOT financially support.
     
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    Here is the difference between the alt-left and alt-right.

    The alt-right is a term made up by the alt-right so they don't have to admit what they are, that being Fascists and Nazis.
    The alt-left is a term made up by the alt-right to make the left look bad by association.
     
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    It doesn't matter if he remembers it. The meaning of a language doesnt die with its creators. It lives through others and evolves with its usage.

    Spencer calls his ideology white nationalism. White Nationalism is to the Alt-right as red delicious is to Apple. 'Alt-rights are all racist' is as true as 'all apples are red because red delicious is red'.
     
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    Alt-left---word coined by one guy or gal and picked up by the media.

    Alt-right---word coined by one guy and picked up by the media.

    Islamphobia---word coined by one person and picked up by media.

    Homophobia---word coined by one guy and picked up by media.

    I think we are missing a few...christianphobia, fetalphobia, Alt Middle wishywash, lots of words to make up.
     
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    You are in fact saying though that white nationalists are part of the alt-right as red delicious is a type of apple.

    Or am I misrepresenting your point?
     
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    Really freaking sad, Sein Fein used to say the same thing about violence by the IRA in exactly the same way though the accent was different. It's called plausible deniability. Everywhere BLM shows up violence follows as does the night the day. the Dallas cop shooter shooter at the BLM protest was a black Nationalist. How many African Americans are involved in the Sovereign citizens movement? The primary victims of BLM in Ferguson were African American small business folk and those working for them BLM rioters burned them out.. Ditto Baltimore.
     
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  22. Lesh

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    They're main focus was taxes.That's what they love. Tax cuts. Unless you think they were lting
     
  23. Lesh

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    You found one group of BLM marchers (not leaders) n LA from 2014 and misrepresented it as 2016i...and one group in NY (who WEREN'T BLM) and base your entire opinion of them on that...because Breitbart and Fox told you to
     
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  24. GrayMan

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    Yes.

    I would add that they are the extreme and disliked part of the Alt-right. Most Alt-right will debate a White Nationalist, but not a White supremacist who is simply shunned.
     
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    No you brought that up I didn't I brought up something very much different a BLM community Organizer talking about murdering cops.
     
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